we all live in manhattan with the top story. >> manhattan has really come back to life in the past two days. people are walking around, taking it all in. people are driving. a couple bridges have

reopened. people are trying to assess the damage. we have power issues. these cars are going smooth here. he will see a bunch of green lights but passed these you will see cops directing traffic. we have 26,000 apartments and three quarter of a million manhattanites with no power. remember battery park city that 13 ft. storm surge that water did rise. eroded all of the park's and subway systems.tonight at 5:00, yorkers will get partial service. mayor

bloomberg just briefed the media. we all understand this is the case across new york. most of these areas are still under water. we have a big mixture here. some parts of manhattan are definitely getting back to normal. midtown manhattan is definitely coming back to life. shelters will continue to stay open. the governors of both new york and new jersey are putting curfews in place. until this all comes together and the devastation it is cleaned up we will not be back to normal.

>> good to see new york beginning to come back after that major storm. >> president obama has already declared a major disaster area and the states of new york and new jersey. the order means federal aid is now available to supplement state and local recovery efforts from hurricane sandy. assistance can include grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs to help individuals and business owners recover from the effects of sandy. >> nearly 200 firefighters battled a massive six alarm fire that destroyed at least 80 homes in queens. the fire swept through the flooded neighborhood of breezy point right on the coast. strong winds fanned the flames causing them to jump from building to building. firefighters used small boats and waded through waist deep

water to get to the fire. three minor injuries have been reported. >> all mass transit in the area remains shut down as well as the three major airports although jfk is expected to reopen today. rescuers brought hundreds of people to safety including some trapped on the roofs of their homes. >> what i expect to see is a devastated jersey shore. we have 2.4 million households without power. >> gov. christie says state officials are working on a contingency plan for next tuesday's election to make sure voters are able to cast their ballots. >> in as a transformer explosion last night at the consolidated edison plant in lower manhattan

knocked out power to thousands of homes. power was shot off in many areas to protect electrical equipment. the company will have to wait for flood water to recede before utility workers can assess damage. >> york university hospital had to move more than 200 patients after the building flooded and lost power. the backup generators only worked for a couple hours. with no power of the staff had to use the stairs to get patients to ambulances outside. they included some sick babies who had to be carried down nine flights of stairs. nurses had to manually squeezed a badsqueeze a bag to help for newborns who could not breathe on their own. >> wind damage a structure

housing the space shuttle enterprise. normally it is shielded by a dome tent at the intrepid air sea and space museum in new york. the structure was torn back and appears to have collapsed. it is unclear whether the shuttle itself suffered any major damage. >> a crane was partially wrecked off the side of an unfinished skyscrapers on west 57th street. it has been dangling 75 floors above ground since high wind toppled it yesterday. with no way to remove it, officials have closed off the surrounding streets and evacuated nearby buildings. mayor blumberg says the building was just inspected friday and he said the crane is stable but cannot be fully secured until the wind dies down. >> sandy not only brought rain and wind, it also brought snow.

there are blizzard conditions in the mountains in five states including the appalachian mountains and west virginia. in west virginia. the u.s. coast guard is continuing to search for the caption of the hms bounty who is missing after hurricane sandy forced them to abandon ship.abandon ship. rescuers saved 14 crew members who were stranded in the atlantic ocean about 90 mi. off cape hatteras north carolina. the ship is a replica built for the 1962 film your money on the bounty. it was also featured in the pirates of the caribbean. . >> it is cold and very windy

making it hard to stay standing at times. this is going to get worse later this afternoon when waves top 20 ft. and wind gusts top 60 mi. per hour. the biggest and fiercest waves have yet to hit but this morning of the weather show was already a big hit. >> early morning runners got an extra workout. the warning to stay off the lake is going

ignored by people scouting places to surf later today. >> i have seen worse. we have seen it like this a couple times. >> i remember going out and 11 ft. waves just for the heck of it one time. you don't want to be out here in any kind of boat really. >> city officials are keeping tabs on the wage situation in case they need to shut down lake shore drive because of flooding. anyone heading out to a city beach today, get ready to be sandblasted. we all live with a very windy north avenue beach.

>> stay with wgn throughout the midday. >> still to come, drew peterson is back in court and a major shake-up in the legal team for the convicted murderer. >>

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go to oralb.com for the latest offers. millions of people from maine to the carolinas are without power this morning. 33 deaths are blamed on the storm. president obama has declared a major disaster exists in the states of new york and new jersey. york's subway is likely to be out of service for another four-five days due to flooding. new jersey gov. chris christie said the devastation on the jersey shore is some of the worst they have ever seen. >> president obama was scheduled to share the podium with former president bill clinton. vice president biden was able to attend an event can stand in for him as president obama had to

coordinate an emergency response to the storm on the east coast. >> the present and i want you to know he wanted to express his regrets for not being here but he is doing the job a president should be doing. >> they are shown in a tight race. romney had to make some changes to his schedule to avoid the hurricane. vice president biden will travel to wisconsin to attend events. all plans are subject to change due to weather conditions. >> sandy is another devastating hurricane by all accounts and a lot of people are going to beat facing some really tough times as a result. >> romney is donating his

campaign bus to deliver supplies to people affected by hurricane sandy. >> newspapers called brad schneider is a tax laughable. >> freshman republican congressman robert dold is a self-proclaimed moderate. schneider says his record does not reflect a moderate ideology. >> i think the 10th district is looking for a social moderate strong on national security. >> these are the votes that have a real impact on the everyday lives of people in the district. >> it is a close race. most

polls suggest that is either candidate's race to win or lose. >> for the first time in its history the stock market was closed for two days in a row due to hurricane sandy. the jobs report could be delayed due to the massive storm. this is the last market reading before the elections of politicians on both sides are eagerly awaiting the numbers. the bureau of labor statistics is working to get it on time. the department is not sure it can make the deadline. >> we are celebrating bulls day here it wgn. the chef from the united center's ketel one club is here for his recipe i was once

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in a civil suit. her testimony in a civil suit. she said the attack by a police officer changed her from someone confident to someone scared and unpredictable. she says she did not know he was a police officer until after the beating when she called her manager and gave him a description. she says the officer and his co-workers conspired to cover up the attacks. >> and falsely imprisoned for 20 years is filing a suit today against officials who incarcerated him. juan rivera is suing

officers from waukegan, lake forest, buffalo grove and the lake county sheriff's department. he claims they frame him for crimes until dna evidence exonerated him. >> even in the weeks after his conviction that was clear that drew peterson was wavering and had serious doubts about joel brodsky and his legal prowess. nevertheless, joel brodsky insisted he was not fired and demand will be replacing him as lead counsel agrees. >> he is stepping down today in the best interest of mr. peterson in light of all the of fact and things that have transpired over the last couple weeks. he was not discharged. he

stepped down on his own and i applaud him for that. he did it in the best interest of his clients. >> no one knows the facts and record better than i do and he was concerned by that. we have a situation where unfounded allegations that have been made are interfering with the movement of this case. >> yet another chapter in the drew peterson side up. joel brodsky has been widely criticized for his handling of the drew peterson defense. members of the team had publicly questioned his unorthodox legal maneuvering after peterson's murder conviction last month. jurors said his ill-fated decision to call stacy peterson lawyer to the stand prompted the guilty verdict. he reportedly asked another group of lawyers to take over the expected appeal

but earlier this month the former bolingbrook police sgt reversed himself saying joel brodsky would remain in play. at the judge's urging, petersen asked for time to get an independent legal opinion or we could learn what his intentions were, joel brodsky made what had to be a difficult decision to withdraw from the case and stepped down as peterson's attorney for the case. we will hear more coming up on the wgn news at 5:00. >> stay with us. when we come back we're celebrating bulls day here at wgn. >> commentator stacy king is joining us to talk about the new season and what to expect this year.

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we are celebrating bulls day here it wgn. >> team commentator and former player stacey king is here to talk about the upcoming season i cannot wait to hear you in the upcoming season. bella is all instinctive. one thing people do not know about him is he is really funny. >> the team is missing derrick rose. he is out with a torn a c l. can the rest of the guys fill in for him? can they keep this team together? >> they can. what people don't understand about them is they are strong characters. there is

strong character on the team. they all come from winning programs on the college level and transitioned into a strong pro level team. they're going to compete hard every single night. >> you know a lot about having a leader. they seem to have the strength of spirit to get through that. >> they do. you have a great character dies. when you look at what he brings to the team, he is not going to let them feel sorry for themselves. he knows they have a job to do.

>> let's go back to the team he played for as a young guy. what was that like? >> it was like being part of the beatles or the rolling stones. it was like a rock band. we were so popular. there were people waiting for you when you pulled up to a hotel just to get a picture of michael jordan and the team. we got a chance to experience a lot of things. it was a magical time. i would say we had the best chance in the world. we had the bulls fans all over the world. fans in the world. i was very fortunate to be part of that. >> we were talking about how you always wanted to do this: the broadcasting aspect of it. i remember when you used to be

interviewed on the sidelines with your soft-spoken voice and now what is different. >> i have an engaging personality. you are not at the united center to watch a live game, but when you tune into wgn or comcast, you are getting the same kind of excitement you would get if you were at the game. fans like it. it is a chicago thing. >> this is a piece of sports memorabilia that could make you rich someday. it even talks. what does that mean? >> it has some of my sayings.

it's a cute little thing. the bulls have all kinds of promotions all the time and they have that promotion. the kind of went like hotcakes. they went like hotcakes. they allowed me to have my personality and they do not put me in a box or bracket. >> we love having you around in this capacity. >> stick around for a lunch break. you can buy your tickets apple's .comat ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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sandbagging efforts under way in wisconsin due to the effects of super storm sandy. some residents are forced to evacuate their homes on the shores of lake michigan due to concern about flooding. they are seeking volunteers to help build sand bags because the storm threatens more than 200 homes in the area. volunteers here filling sandbags. they have been doing that since yesterday working through the night. so far no reports of any damage but home owners are concerned. the national weather service is predicting waves up to 14 ft. through the night. officials say waves could pose a flood threat.

some of these homes are very close to the water and do not have the protection of a bluff like many homes here in illinois do. >> wait until you see some of the wind gusts we have seen already. that record storm that went ashore last night ... this is a time lapse view of what went on. some beautiful pictures of our viewers have shot of waves on the lake and so forth. one of them comes from jeff fox in st. joseph michigan. and there was a ring around the moon last night. a lot of pictures submitted about this. that is

the product of high ice clouds blowing off sandy. that gives you a halo of fax. this wind has the effect of building up a storm surge. you see less of the beach in the normally do because waters are high. early this morning and the last couple of hours waves as high as 23 ft. or measured halfway across the lake. a few of these so-called wavesrogue waves give temporary spikes over 30 ft.. wind is driving this. if you take all of that wind energy and transfer it to the lake, you get big swells

that common. this is where the greatest rises in lake level will occur. 69 mi. per hour wind gusts in indiana. chicago is checking in with a wind gust of 54. this storm is about 1,600 mi. across and is producing a patchwork of weather advisories. flood advisories to a winter storm warnings. wind advisories in high wind warnings here around the south and lake shore flooding advisories around lake michigan. it is windy everywhere

but nowhere more so than near the lake where wind can blow friction free. 42.this is the scene on the east coast in the wake of that big storm out there. tides are down but it has been a heroin 24 hours. harrowing 24 hours. it takes days for nature to expend this energy. there is thus no that is occurring. we mentioned last week we might have a flake or two of snow. look at wind. forecast later

today and even tomorrow morning. blowing strongest here. it will stay windy through tomorrow. funnelling right toward indiana and michigan as you can see there. the storm is the most intense to strike the east coast in 208 years. here is why there has been such trouble with flooding. atlantic city had a 9 ft. storm. there is where it is snowing. you can see the embedded snowflakes. you can see some sprinkles and light showers from time to time. here is where rain was heaviest. the totals

out there have been amazing. close to 10 in. in some areas. there is where snow will accumulate. right up the spine of the avalanche in balance. the appalachian mountains. these are all store reports. 16 states are reporting damage from this storm all the way west into the areas around lake michigan because of wind and snow in the mountains southeast. for us, we continue with a lakeshore flood advisory and a high wind advisory down into the lake and northwest indiana. temperatures are nine degrees below normal at 48 degrees today. tonight, mostly cloudy and breezy. a few

light showers in northwest indiana. it looks close to freezing but water temperatures are still in the upper 40's which ought to keep it liquid. a few mornings sprinkles mainly northwest indiana. 52 partly sunny and breezy thursday. pictures out of the jersey shore. reminiscent of that storm in march of 1962. the devastation is just amazing. >> i was reading the paper from long beach island and they said 62 was nothing compared to this. >> the pressure was 32 millibars lower than the perfect storm that hit. >> impressive. our lotteryú= era

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some help from the bulls at lunch today. we are making sure szechwan steak salad. shush 1 steak salad.szechwan stead salad.eak salad. >> he is ready to go and after this he will show me how to play basketball. >> you can start adding some dry ingredients. we have red peppers, cucumbers, yellow peppers ... you can take our skirt steak and spice it up. i will finish the salad with some dressing and wantonwonton.

>> that radish gives it a nice bite. there is a lot of good texture to the salad. we get something for that. >> you are doing too much. >> what did you marinate at

stake with? >> we have soy sauce sesame oil and chile flake. the recipe is online. >> >> we will finish that with some crunch. >> this is the way they serve it at the ketel one club. >> i did a great job on this. i actually did coke the stake. it is not a prop. i actually did this. >> and tell me about this.

>> this is a double breaded pretzel chicken breast sandwich. if you love pretzels, that is the way to go. that is a hot dog wrapped in bacon. >> is that if you love a heart attack? >> bring that over to the house. >> and we have double stuffed potatoes. melted cheddar cheese and of course some macaroni and cheese. that is also available. >> and one more with the biggest

meatball you have ever seen in your life. >> that is our spaghetti and meatballs. very simple but a lot of comfort food. >> so you are getting ready to cook for the crowd for tomorrow night. >> opening night, we are excited. ready to go. >> you look great in that hat. thank you for helping out with lunch break. opening night is tomorrow night at 7:00. you can watch the game right here on wgn. we will have the recipes on our web page. our pregame coverage begins at 6:30 p.m..

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follow jimmy on youtube. here's a look at the chicago lakefront being battered by strong winds at this point. that is our live camera view. there you see the big storm. that is sandy and is still centered in pennsylvania right now. there is rain moving into parts of northern indiana as you can see right there. nice weather out in the planes but the whole pattern is kind of blocked. we have several more days of 40 degree

temperatures. 45 at o'hare now. note the shoreline temperature down in the '40's for the first time this season. here is what is ahead in temperatures. going down into the thirties tonight and back up into the '40's tomorrow. factor in the wind and look what it does to a wind chill. even some teens in northwest illinois. there is our upper air pattern which remains pretty blocked right now as sandy dominates. 48 degrees is the forecast for tomorrow.